Garter



Dec. 10, 1935. FORKEY 2,023,729

GARTER Filed June so, 1934 Patented Dec. 10, 1935 NETED STATES PATENT OFFICE GARTER Application June 30, 1934, Serial No. 733,247

9 Claims.

This invention relates to garters and is more especially concerned with garters designed for womens wear, although some features of the invention are also useful in certain types of mens garters.

It is the chief object of the invention to improve articles of this character with a view to devising a more serviceable construction and reducing the expense of manufacture.

An especially objectionable feature of womens garters of the common commercial forms is that they require the fastening of the elastic webbing to the devices that grip the stocking by stitching. The sewing or stitching operation is very likely to cut one or more of the rubber strands of the webbing and thus to weaken the fabric. Often times, also, such cutting of a rubber thread produces an unsightly flaw in the goods which either makes them unsaleable, or at least reduces their sale value. To devise a thoroughly practical solution for this problem forms an important object of this invention.

The nature of the invention will be readily understood from the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the novel features will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing,

Figure l is a perspective view showing parts of a garter preparatory tobeing assembled;

Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating the parts after the assembling operation has been completed;

Figs. 3 and 4 are perspective views showing additional variations of this garter construction which can be made from the parts illustrated in Fig. l; and

Fig. 5 is a vertical, sectional View of the construction shown in Fig. 4.

An important feature of this invention ,consists in a garter fastener, the preferred form of which is shown in Fig. 1. It comprises the usual loop 2 designed to cooperate with the ordinary rubber button 3 to grip part of a stocking. Usually the loop is made of round wire, although sometimes it is punched out of metal, celluloid, or other sheet material. It will be herein referred to as a wire loop, this term being used, however, in a generic sense to include equivalent forms regardless of whether they are made of wire or of some other material. upper bar 2' of the loop 2 is a clamping plate 4, preferably made of metal, the lower end of the plate being provided with an extension which is rolled around the bar 2, thus securing it to the Secured to the,

loop and providing for a certain amount of swinging movement of one of these members relatively to the other. Two parallel slots and 6, respectively, are punched through the plate and are located closely adjacent to each other 5 and extend parallel to the bar 2'. Such a feature is used in making all of the forms of garters illustrated in Figs. 2 to 5.

The manufacturing operations comprise the attachment of the button 3 to the garter webbing l, which may be either of elastic or non-elastic material, as desired, the button shown being of the ordinary construction and including the usual rubber body provided with a central rivet or stud 8 projecting therethrough. The button is fastened to the web I by punching a hole in the webbing at substantially a predetermined distance from the end of the web, and inserting the shank of the stud through this hole and through the central hole in the anchoring plate a, and then upsetting the inner end of the stud, thus securing all of these parts together. Next the web is folded around the edge of the plate 9, after which the Webbing is threaded through the desired slot or slots in the fastening device. In the particular construction shown in Fig. 2 the folded section of webbing is threaded upwardly through the wire loop 2, over the bar 2' and through the uppermost slot 6 in the clamping plate 4, the lower ply of the webbing terminating just beyond 0 this plate while the upper ply is extended to be connected with the corset or other support. After the parts have been assembled in this manner, the portion it of the plate 4 which lies immediately above the slot 6 is folded over and pressed down so that it clamps both plies of webbing securely between the part I!) and the bar [2 which separates the slots 5 and 6.

It should be observed that in this garter the separate piece of webbing which ordinarily is used to support the button is omitted, the button being carried directly by the web I. Also, that all sewing or stitching operations have been avoided. The assembling operations are extremely simple, and after the part I 0 of the clamp has been folded over and pressed down, it then secures the loop 2 to a fixed point on the web, this point being so located as to position the 7 button 3 in the proper relationship to its cooperating part of the loop 2. Since the sewing operation has been omitted, there is no danger of injuring the elastic strands of the webbing, and the labor involved in these assembling and making operations is substantially reduced.

A considerable variety of other constructions can be made with the same elements. For example, the garter shown in Fig. 3 is exactly like that illustrated in Fig. 2 except that the double ply of webbing is run under the plate 4 and through the rear slot 6, after which the extension I is folded under to clamp the plate on to the webbing. This has the advantage of simplifying the assembling operations still further and reducing the area of the metal parts that will come in contact with the skin. In using some webs which have an exceptionally smooth surface, a somewhat firmer grip of the clamp on the web may be produced by threading the web through both slots 5 and 6 before folding overthe part [0. Also, much of the advantage of this construction, combined with thatof the form shown in Fig. 3, can be obtained as illustrated in Figs. 4

and 5 by running the upper ply of webbing up.

through the loop 2 andthen through both slots 5 and 6 of the clamping plate and extending the lower ply back under the loop 2 and runningi'it through the rear slot 6. The extension In, of'the plate is then folded under to'clamp bothplies of webbing to the plate.

Various other modifications may be made with the same elements. Also, the usual threaded button can be substituted for that shown at 3. Consequently, whileI have herein shown and de- I scribed typical embodiments of my invention, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing from the spirit or scope thereof. A

Having thus described my'invention, what I desire to claimas new is: r g r .1. A garter including a wire loop, a strip of webbing, a button adapted to cooperate with said loop to fasten the garter to a stocking, said webbing carrying said button and extending upwardly past the loop, and means additional to said loop but operative independently of it for clamping said loop positively to said'webbing.

2. A garter including a wire loop, a strip of webbing, a button adapted to cooperate with said loop to fastenthe garter to a stocking, said webbing carrying said button and loop, and clamping means for securing said loop positively to a fixed point on said webbing.

3. A garter including a wire loop, a strip of webbing, a button adapted to cooperate with said loop to fasten the garter to a stocking, said webbing carrying said button and extending upwardly past the loop, and a clamp fastened to said loop and provided with a slot therethrough for the passage of said webbing, said clamp securing said loop positively to a fixed point on the Webbing.

4. A garter fastener comprising a wire loop, and means carried by said loop for clamping engagement with the garter webbing to secure the loop thereto. I

5. A garterfastener comprising a device for gripping a portion of a stocking, and a webbing clamp secured to said device and having a slot therethrough for thepassage of the garter webbing, and'including, also; a portion projecting above said. slot and adapted to be folded over to clamp the webbing" thereto.

6. A garter fastener comprising a device for gripping a portion of a stocking, and a webbing clamp secured directly to said device and having two .parallelslots therein located closely adjacent to each other, one at least of said slots being con- 'structed for the passage therethrough of the garter webbing.

7. A garter fastener comprising a wire loop, and 'a clamping plate at the upper end of said loop having a slot therethroughextending parallel to the rear bar of the loop for the passage of the garter webbing, said plate also including a part adapted to be folded over to clamp the webbing between it and an adjacent part of the plate.

8. A garter fastener comprising a wire loop, and a clamping plate at the upper end of said loop having a slot therethrough extending parallel to the rear bar of the loop for the passage of the garter webbing, said plate also including an extension projecting above said slot and adapted to be folded over to clamp the webbing between it and an adjacent part of the plate. 

